The line representing when is made up of three parts to picture these three offices. The part representing when as a modifier of calls is, for convenience, placed above its principal line instead of below it.
2. While Louis XIV. reigned, Europe was at war. 3. When my father and my mother forsake me, then ths Lord will take me up.
Lord | will take | me
======|=====================
\The | \up \
..\ then
` \
`
`When
father \
——————'\ \
\my ' \ \
' \ \
' \ | \ forsake | me
'and \——|——————————-
' / |
' /
mother ' /
——————'/
\my
+Explanation+.—By changing then into at the time, and when into at which, the offices of these two words will be clearly seen. For explanation of the line representing when, see Lesson 14 and (1) above.
4. Cato, before he durst give himself the fatal stroke, spent the night in
reading Plato's "Immortality." [Footnote: Some prefer, in constructions
like this, to treat before, ere, after, till, until, and
since as prepositions followed by noun clauses.]
5. Many a year is in its grave since I crossed this restless wave.
[Footnote: See (11), Lesson 38, and foot-note.]
+Explanation+.—Many here modifies year, or, rather, year as modified by a.
6. Blucher arrived on the field of Waterloo just as Wellington was meeting
the last onslaught of Napoleon.
Blucher | arrived
===========|===========
| \
\———\
\ `as
\ just `
\ `
\
Wellington | \ was meeting | onslaught
———————|——-\————————————
|
+Explanation+.—Just may be treated as a modifier of the dependent clause. A closer analysis, however would make it a modifier of as. Just as=just at the time at which. Just here modifies at the time. At the time is represented in the diagram by the first element of the as line.
The +adverb clause+ may express +place+.